実

音読おんよみ: ジツ

訓読くんよみ: み・みの

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 宀(うかんむり)

Meaning

reality, truth, fruit, seed


  • じつは — actually / in fact
  • 実力じつりょく — real ability / true strength
  • 事実じじつ — fact / reality
  • る — to bear fruit
  • 実験じっけん — experiment / test
  • 実用的じつようてき — practical / useful

The radical 宀 (うかんむり) symbolizes a roof, suggesting shelter or containment. When combined with meanings like “fruit” or “truth,” the character 実 implies something maturing or becoming real within — like a seed developing under protection or the truth being revealed from within.

このはなしじつ面白おもしろいです。
This story is truly interesting.

りました。
The tree has borne fruit.

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